diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 414d774028babc42350935afd774f10f7ba38cae..314e98173166993aa335f36fd11740a21a965996 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -945,6 +945,11 @@ enum ieee80211_tkip_key_type {
  *	Hardware supports Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery
  *	(U-APSD) in managed mode. The mode is configured with
  *	conf_tx() operation.
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS:
+ *	Hardware can provide ack status reports of Tx frames to
+ *	the stack.
+ *
  */
 enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
 	IEEE80211_HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL			= 1<<0,
@@ -965,6 +970,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS		= 1<<15,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS		= 1<<16,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD			= 1<<17,
+	IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS		= 1<<18,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index a5911191f224ad1d070254016d99bbe85e5cf0a5..9dd98b674cbc34f370af755324eeac0dd817a9b9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ enum ieee80211_sta_flags {
 	IEEE80211_STA_CSA_RECEIVED	= BIT(5),
 	IEEE80211_STA_MFP_ENABLED	= BIT(6),
 	IEEE80211_STA_UAPSD_ENABLED	= BIT(7),
+	IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED	= BIT(8),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_if_managed {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 7a7921476582a57f196fbfea44637e8a7a8a25a6..ee9443dc20ff1f54300de02926008990cef21004 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -434,8 +434,11 @@ static void ieee80211_enable_ps(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	} else {
 		if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK)
 			ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
-		conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
-		ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+
+		if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS)) {
+			conf->flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+			ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -541,6 +544,7 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_local,
 			     dynamic_ps_enable_work);
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = local->ps_sdata;
+	struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
 
 	/* can only happen when PS was just disabled anyway */
 	if (!sdata)
@@ -549,11 +553,16 @@ void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_enable_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)
 		return;
 
-	if (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK)
+	if ((local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK) &&
+	    (!(ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED)))
 		ieee80211_send_nullfunc(local, sdata, 1);
 
-	local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
-	ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+	if (!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) ||
+	    (ifmgd->flags & IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED)) {
+		ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
+		local->hw.conf.flags |= IEEE80211_CONF_PS;
+		ieee80211_hw_config(local, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS);
+	}
 }
 
 void ieee80211_dynamic_ps_timer(unsigned long data)
@@ -1892,6 +1901,7 @@ int ieee80211_mgd_assoc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_11N;
+	ifmgd->flags &= ~IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < req->crypto.n_ciphers_pairwise; i++)
 		if (req->crypto.ciphers_pairwise[i] == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40 ||
diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index e57ad6b1d7ea31c334f69079cb589979951d42e3..ded98730c1114fcc53bb04bf7995532e001015ba 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[info->band];
+	fc = hdr->frame_control;
 
 	for_each_sta_info(local, hdr->addr1, sta, tmp) {
 		/* skip wrong virtual interface */
@@ -205,8 +206,6 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		fc = hdr->frame_control;
-
 		if ((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_AMPDU_NO_BACK) &&
 		    (ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc))) {
 			u16 tid, ssn;
@@ -275,6 +274,20 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			local->dot11FailedCount++;
 	}
 
+	if (ieee80211_is_nullfunc(fc) && ieee80211_has_pm(fc) &&
+	    (local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS) &&
+	    !(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) &&
+	    local->ps_sdata && !(local->scanning)) {
+		if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_STAT_ACK) {
+			local->ps_sdata->u.mgd.flags |=
+					IEEE80211_STA_NULLFUNC_ACKED;
+			ieee80211_queue_work(&local->hw,
+					&local->dynamic_ps_enable_work);
+		} else
+			mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +
+					msecs_to_jiffies(10));
+	}
+
 	/* this was a transmitted frame, but now we want to reuse it */
 	skb_orphan(skb);